Curtis Booth
Personal information
Full name Curtis Booth[1]
Date of birth (1891-10-12)12 October 1891
Place of birth Gateshead, England
Date of death 29 October 1949(1949-10-29) (aged 58)[2]
Place of death Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3]
Position(s) Inside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Wallsend Elm Villa
1913–1920 Newcastle United 34 (6)
→ Leeds City (guest)
1920–1923 Norwich City 62 (11)
1923–1924 Accrington Stanley 1 (0)
Managerial career
1923–1924 Accrington Stanley
1932–1934 Wormatia Worms
1934–1935 RC Paris
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Curtis Booth (12 October 1891 – 29 October 1949), sometimes known as Tommy Booth, was an English football player and manager. He played in the Football League for Newcastle United, Norwich City and Accrington Stanley,[1] for Leeds City as a wartime guest and for Wallsend Elm Villa.[4] After retiring as a player, Booth managed Accrington Stanley, Wormatia Worms, RC Paris and coached in Germany, Turkey and the Netherlands.[5][6][2]

Personal life

Booth enlisted in the British Army in December 1915 to fight in the First World War.[2] He served as a private in the Durham Light Infantry and saw action on the Somme and at the Third Ypres.[7] Booth was wounded in action at Villers-Bretonneux in August 1918 and was demobilized in August 1919.[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Newcastle United 1914–15[2] First Division 19 2 0 0 19 2
1919–20[2] 15 4 0 0 15 4
Total 34 6 0 0 34 6
Norwich City 1920–21[2] Third Division 22 4 0 0 22 4
1921–22[2] Third Division South 21 5 0 0 21 5
1922–23[2] 19 2 3 2 22 3
Total 62 11 3 2 65 13
Accrington Stanley 1923–24[2] Third Division North 1 0 2 1 3 1
Career total 97 17 5 3 102 20

References

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 135. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Curtis Booth – Newcastle United and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Optimists of the North. Accrington Stanley". Athletic News. Manchester. 6 August 1923. p. 6.
  4. ^ "Leeds United F.C. History". www.ozwhitelufc.net.au. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Managers". Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  6. ^ "France – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Wounded – But became a football coach". Archived from the original on 28 May 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2016.

External links

Wormatia Worms – managers
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